J. N. Leach, the
photographer, will be at the gallery from May 25 to 31.

C. E. Foreman of
Christie, was in the city on Tuesday on business. He made the
Gleaner office a friendly visit.

Duane Baird left
Saturday morning for Wausau to accept a position with the lumber
firm of Curtiss & Yale.

Uncle George
expects to help organize a Sunday school in the La Tart district
next Sunday. He is preaching there every other Sunday.

We failed to
mention last week that F. J. Woodkey had sold out his stage route
to Withee to Dean Wallis who is now one of our Uncle Samuel's right
hand men.

At the union G. A.
R. memorial service next Sunday morning in the Presbyterian church
the collection taken will be for the relief of the India famine
sufferers.

This office
acknowledges receipt of ticket and advertising matter for the
nineteenth Milwaukee Exposition to be held from Sept. 8 to Oct. 13,
1900. The Wisconsin State Fair will be held Sept. 10 to 14.

The Epworth League
are making preparation for an Epworth League party at the home of
Misses Daisy and Gail Sheets, Tuesday evening, May 19. A cordial
invitation is extended to all friends of the society.

Alice Miller
departed Saturday morning, May 19, for St. Cloud, Minn., where she
goes to visit among relatives and friends, and also to witness the
commencement exercises of the State Normal. Her sister Eva is one
of the graduates.

Wm. S. Irvine,
formerly chairman of Beaver, has been appointed census enumerator
for the towns of Unity and Beaver.

Dr. H. R.
Schofield has located at Perkinstown, for the practice of the
healing art, and we are assured by responsible parties who know him
that the people will find him thoroughly reliable and well
posted--Medford Star and News.

John Barkley and
family are now located in their new home. E. E. Van Voorhis is
settled in the Mason house. The editor has had a touch of the
moving fever and has gone into Mrs. Mead's house, she having moved
onto their fam near Longwood.

Several from town
went out to B. F. Ketchpaw's Friday evening to share in the supper
and fun--and it was fun to see how much some of the delicate ones
could eat. However, we will tell no tales out of school. Enough to
say the supper tasted like more next time.

The street
commissioner and his crew of men are doing good work in grading up
the streets in the city and repairing the side walks. Good roads
are essential to a live city, and every judiciously expended dollar
on roads is one of the the best investments any city can make.

Rev. and Mrs. W.
E. Kloster drove over to Loyal Tuesday afternoon to visit and also
hear for the second time Mrs. A. M. Pilcher, who gave her
entertainment there in the evening.

Wm. Wooden of
Loyal was a caller in the Gleaner office yesterday while in town on
business. Incidentally he did a stroke of business with us at the
press for which we are duly grateful and the words of the poet
would say, Come again.

Mr. and Mrs. P. E.
Peterson gave a birthday party last Tuesday to seven of the little
friends of Everette Peterson, it being his third birthday. Those
present were: Alonzo Volk, Dora Burnside, Lila Shanks, Elda Smith,
Ruth Hendrickson, Edith Borseth and Cecil Smith.

An exchange tells
of a plan for increasing the attendance at lodge meetings. Place in
a deep sack as many beans as there are members present, all white
but one, that one black. Each member then puts in his hand and
draws out one bean. The member getting the black bean has his
assessments paid by the lodge for that lodge.

School closes next
Friday.

W. C. Tufts and
wife were in town Sunday.

A new hay tedder
for sale by A. M. White, only $26.

Highest cash price
paid for wool at E. Wigderson's saloon.

John Memhard and
Chester Burnie were in Marshfield Monday.

F. Parrett of
Romeo was in town Friday looking for a mill fireman.

Miss Marcia Darton
of Loyal was an over night visitor the last of the week.

Mrs. Mary Borigo
was over from Camp Holmes between trains Wednesday.

J. L Zimmerman of
Stanley, was registered at the Bryden House Saturday.

E. Foster was over
Wednesday looking after things at the end of the track.

Chas. Trondson of
the Falls, was registered at the Commercial House last Friday.

Andrew Irish of
Longwood, was registered at the Commercial House last Friday.

E. H. Ducate of
Unity, formerly of this place, was calling on some of our people
Friday.

Mr. J. Trott came
down from Perkinstown Friday night. We understand he has gone to
Loyal to work.

Eugene Cummings
came down from Sawyer's dam Sunday for a visit with the home folks
and now is helping train the boy.

David Shanks has
finished his year’s work in the Wisconsin Business University
at La Crosse and came home Saturday.

H. M. Root and
wife and Jakie Huntzicker were up from Neillsville Saturday evening
and Sunday visiting relatives and friends.

E. K. Sheets is
getting ready to build a nice barn in the rear of his residence
lot. He was over to Fairchild last week after the lumber.

Greenwood is
suffering from a scarcity of girls who are willing to work out.
Places for several girls at fair wages could be had on short
notice.

Alex McRae went to
Perkinstown Saturday to work for Jos. Gibson. Perkinstown will be
liable to be annexed to Greenwood if it keeps on getting many more
of our citizens.

Tomorrow morning
Greenwood will lose Mrs. L. Sperbeck and family, they having
secured a house in Medford where the family can be together. They
will be greatly missed in Greenwood society, where they have a
large circle of friends.

Ed Holverson has a
string of horses in the McMahn pasture which he, in company with O.
C. Behrens, is fitting up and breaking etc., ready to go onto the
road for trading and selling. Oscar Rossman, a nephew of Paul
Rossman is with them.

Allen Devoe of
Fond du Lac visited with C. H. Estabrook and John D. Coons last
week. He is thinking strongly of coming up to live with us, for he
says Clark county is all right. It is, too, but many who have lived
here all their lives, don't appreciate the fact.

The Gleaner office
has secured the services of John G. Faulds of Winona, who will have
charge of the inside work of the office for a time. He is a
newspaper man of long experience and an up-to-day job printer who
will give satisfaction on all matters entrusted to his care in our
absence from the office.

D. M. Watson shows
an enterprising spirit that is commendable. Last Saturday he
delivered milk to his customers, coming out with a brand new milk
wagon, built especially for the business, painted and lettered so
that people can know who he is and what he is doing. Mr. Watson is
building up a good dairy business that is a credit to the town.

Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Taylor went over to Plainfield last week Tuesday to attend the
funeral of her cousin, Miss Jennie Durham. While there Mr. T. was
taken with a severe attack of rheumatism and was unable to get back
until Saturday evening, and he has been laid up every since so that
Mrs. T. has to take his place in the store. He thinks he is having
more than his share of aches and pains.

Miller Bros. have
taken a contract for peeling bark at Perkinstown for the Shaw
Tannery and Monday Wm. Miller and crew went up to begin operations.
W. S. Marvin is foreman and with him will be Chas. W. Cummings,
Will Oelig, Forest Shanks, Gust Decker, Johnnie Hendrickson and
Reuben Garrietz. Herman Decker is cook and will see that the boys
are kept in good health and come out fat.

Ed. Buker learned
what a Woodman is made of Tuesday night.

C. A. Tripp and
Herb White are working in the furniture factory at Marshfield.

Mrs. Chas. Baker
and little daughter visited over Sunday in Greenwood with her
husband.

E. E. Winch of
Marshfield, was over Monday night to look over the stave factory
property.

John Bryden took a
bus load of young people over to Loyal Tuesday night to hear Mrs.
Pilcher.

E. W. Breed of
Loyal and Elmer McVean of Spencer, were registered at the
Commercial House Saturday.

Mrs. H. H. Hartson
is receiving a visit from her mother, Mrs. John Wellen and sister,
Mrs. Hans Hoff and little girl of Whitehall.

Geo. Atkins from
this side of Neillsville was in town Sunday. He is getting out
staves for Chr. Kippenhan at the end of the track.

G. Phillips tells
us that he, and Thos. and Ed. Vine recently caught 600 fish out of
Black river during one night. He swears it’s true, too.

John Jacobson
tells a cold story once in a while. The latest is of finding, while
digging in his cellar Tuesday evening, a solid piece of ice seven
feet under ground.

Postmaster
Hartson, E. H. Thompson, G. H. Palms, Eugene McMahon and Jacob Volk
went down to Neillsville yesterday to attend the funeral of Dr.
Lacey who died Tuesday morning.

Greenwood's
population has been increased by another boy, this time to be loved
and cared for by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Cummings. This is their first,
and naturally Gene feels very proud and happy over the event. The
lad was born just in time for dinner Monday.

T. A. Anderson
showed us through the Commercial House Wednesday. The carpenters
and paper hangers have been at work and, though not entirely done
the improvement is great. The front room down stairs has been
divided and made into two nice bedrooms. Likewise the large room
over the office has been made into two rooms. There are now twelve
bedrooms for the guests and boarders, all furnished with new iron
beds and nice appearing furniture. The dining room, too, has been
enlarged so that four tables can be set with plenty of room to move
around besides. As soon as he can he will have a bus running to the
trains and then he will be in first class shape to take care of his
share of the hotel business. T. A. knows how a hotel should be run
and is bound to run it right.